QUSRA: Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, after this week's deadly clashes in the territory left six people dead. Abdel Azim Wadi, mayor of the town of Qusra, south of the city of Nablus, said that settlers torched a mosque under construction in the southern part of the town. "The fire destroyed the mosque's entrance and even damaged its stonework," Wadi said.
The Israeli military said troops were dispatched to the outskirts of Qusra after receiving a report that a mosque had been set ablaze. "The soldiers searched for suspects who had fled prior to their arrival and identified signs of arson and graffiti at the scene," it said, adding that Israeli police would investigate and collect evidence.
In a separate incident, Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in the village of Kour, near Tulkarem, and sprayed racist slogans on its walls, according to the Palestinian ministry of endowments and religious affairs. The ministry said that "groups of settlers burned a mosque in the village of Kour in Tulkarem governorate and wrote racist slogans on its walls". — AFP
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